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J.Lo`s Marriage Confessions; "Real" Divorce Drama; Kardashian Mom Sex Tape; "Mad Men" Bananas
Aired August 02, 2011 - 23:00 ET
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AJ HAMMER, HLN HOST: Tonight SHOWBIZ breaks news about the divorce drama surrounding the stars of "Real Housewives." Wait until you hear what they told us.
I`m AJ Hammer in New York with Nischelle Turner. And this is SHOWBIZ TONIGHT.
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HAMMER: More big news breaking tonight. J.Lo`s divorce tell-all all revealed today. For the very first time Jennifer Lopez reveals all about her split from Marc Anthony. What really led to their breakup? Will she find love again?
Plus J.Lo`s her jaw-dropping payday. Explosive report today she`ll get $20 million to stay on "American Idol."
Our SHOWBIZ "Flashpoint" tonight, is she worth it?
SHOWBIZ TONIGHT breaks big Kardashian sex tape news. We dare to ask Kim`s mom to set the record straight. Did she really make a sex tape just like Kim?
KAREEN WYNTER, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT CORRESPONDENT: We can`t let you go without talking about that sex tape, guys.
KRIS JENNER, "KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS": Oh, my gosh. I didn`t think anybody would catch that.
HAMMER: SHOWBIZ trending tonight, ridiculous ads that turned "Mad Men`s" Christina Hendricks rusty, curvaceous image a super-skinny model.
Plus the Pippa butt lift. Women getting plastic surgery to get a butt just like Duchess Catherine`s sister. Has the world gone mad?
TV`s most provocative entertainment news show breaks news right now.
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HAMMER: Hello. I`m AJ Hammer in New York with Nischelle Turner.
NISCHELLE TURNER, HLN HOST: And there is big news breaking tonight that comes down to this.
Whoa, J.Lo, did you really just tell all?
HAMMER: Well, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can tell you that indeed she did. It was just a couple of weeks ago that Jennifer Lopez dropped the divorce bombshell heard around the world. She and Marc Anthony were done, over, splitting up.
It seemed that nobody saw this coming. But today for the very first time we heard J.Lo reveal why her seven-year marriage to Anthony led to a seven- year itch to get divorced.
SHOWBIZ TONIGHT also learned today the remarkable amount of money that J.Lo will reportedly get to help soothe those wounds, not from Anthony, but from "American Idol."
SHOWBIZ TONIGHT with the story behind the big bucks and behind the breakup.
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HAMMER (voice-over): Jennifer Lopez is in a familiar spot, right smack dab in the middle of another public and painful split, this time from her husband Marc Anthony, father of her twins.
Now just over two weeks after the big divorce announcement, J.Lo is speaking out for the first time telling "Vanity Fair" magazine about the split and what led to it.
Hint, its initials are "AI."
KEN BAKER, E! CHIEF NEWS CORRESPONDENT: Jennifer clearly makes the point that after she started focusing on her career, got on "American Idol," that it was a struggle.
HAMMER: About her divorce, Lopez tells "Vanity Fair", quote, "This was the hardest decision I`ve ever had to face. I really wanted this family to work. That was my biggest dream and I worked hard at it. We both did. Sometimes it doesn`t work and that`s sad."
BAKER: The "Vanity Fair" interview was actually done in two parts. The first part she was still married. They weren`t separated yet and she was hinting at there were serious problems in the marriage, and then she did a follow-up interview after announcing the split and she revealed a lot more.
HAMMER: This morning the "Today" show talked to "Vanity Fair`s" Lisa Robinson who interviewed Lopez before and after the split. Robinson says during her first chat with J.Lo she didn`t mention any serious marital problems, directly anyway.
ANN CURRY, TODAY SHOW HOST: What was your sense then?
LISA ROBINSON, INTERVIEWED J.LO FOR VANITY FAIR: I got a sense of a woman who was coming to terms with herself as a strong, independent woman.
HAMMER: So what went wrong with this superstar couple, who were the picture of red hot A-list passion when they performed together on "American Idol" where J.Lo serves as a judge? There`s no shortage of theories on the celebrity Web sites, magazines and blogs.
BAKER: A lot of them titillating speculation was that someone was cheating on the other person, there was some third party involved, and that Marc was too controlling.
JENNIFER LOPEZ, SINGER: Just let people feel your soul.
HAMMER: In her first "Vanity Fair" interview before the split, J.Lo hinted her return to work including her new gig on "Idol" was affecting her marriage, making it hard for these two superstar parents to find a balance. She said, quote, "We try, we try, but it`s getting increasingly harder. When we were first married, most of time and even before the babies were born, we were able to go everywhere together."
She adds, "I wasn`t working, it was mainly about him. Then we got pregnant. Then it became about the kids. And then I started working again."
BAKER: She said that there was a time when they thought about everything. Where things were really hard and that they`re two people with very strong feelings and strong opinions, and they needed to work through that.
I think the assumption from the outside perspective was that they had worked it out. But what she reveals in that interview was that in fact they did not.
HAMMER: The "Vanity Fair" writer tells "Today" that after the split J.Lo reached out to her.
ROBINSON: She sent me an e-mail a week or so later that even was stronger about, I can walk away from things if they`re not what I feel is right for me or something I can`t -- you know, if I`m in a relationship where someone isn`t treating me correctly.
HAMMER: This will be Lopez`s third divorce. In addition to her splits from ex-boyfriend Ben Affleck and Sean P. Diddy Combs. Still J.Lo might give love another try. She tells "Vanity Fair", quote, "I remain an eternal optimist about love. I believe in love. It`s still my biggest dream." But for now it looks like Lopez is focusing on her longest running relationship.
ROBINSON: She said to me at the time that she felt the most important relationship that she had was with herself and what she had to learn how to love herself.
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HAMMER: So I got believe that because nobody saw this breakup coming.
TURNER: Yes.
HAMMER: People are really going to be chomping at the bit to read more of whatever else Jennifer has to say about the surprising split. And we have even more of that interview to reveal to you right now.
With me in New York, Michael Billy who`s a TV and radio host. Also in New York, Jill Dobson, who`s an entertainment journalist.
All right, guys. In this bombshell interview with "Vanity Fair" revealed today, Jennifer also made statement that I quite frankly think so many women can identify with. Let me read this to you.
"As women we are naturally giving and we take care of others. We just have this tendency to put ourselves on the back burner but we need to like conscious about loving and taking care of ourselves, too."
Sounds to me like perhaps Jennifer felt maybe she was playing second fiddle to Marc, maybe even her family, and quite frankly was tired of being the woman behind the man.
Jill, is that how you see it?
JILL DOBSON, ENTERTAINMENT JOURNALIST: Yes. And she also goes on to say to understand that a person is not good for you or that person is not treating you in the right way, I love myself enough to walk away from that. So she has some strong feelings about this and says, hey, it`s time for me to finally look out for number one.
HAMMER: And everybody has been wondering what`s been behind this thing because since their divorce announcement, a lot of reports have been out there that perhaps Jennifer, among other things, couldn`t take Marc`s controlling behavior.
And J.Lo really seemed to hint that that was true in the "Vanity Fair" interview revealed today as Jill was just alluding to. Let me read what else she said here.
"Sometimes we don`t realize that we are compromising ourselves to understand that a person is not good for you or that person is not treating you in the right way or that he is not doing the right thing for himself. If I stay, then I am not doing the right thing for me. I love myself enough to walk away from that now," is what she`s saying, Michael.
Sounds pretty clear to me that she was essentially affirming those reports that Marc was too controlling. What do you think?
MICHAEL BILLY, TV AND RADIO HOST: Well, I mean, let`s look at their relationship. I mean they got together when Jennifer wasn`t really the hottest thing in the world, Marc was. And he was hot overseas. And then as she says in the interview she had the babies, it was family time, she was traveling with Marc, and then all of a sudden things got busy for her.
With two big personalities, two big huge stars like that and her career is taking off, now that she`s going back with "Idol," this was bound to happen. She`s a business savvy person but it`s nice sometimes they say third marriage is the charm. Hopefully the fourth one will be it for her.
HAMMER: Yes. I mean, I`m happy that she`s optimistic about love and all but there has to be a point -- you know, you mentioned this is now divorce number three.
TURNER: Yes.
She`s got to be thinking well, where`s my culpability in all of this?
TURNER: What am I doing wrong? Yes.
HAMMER: And I don`t think anybody can deny just how much Jennifer`s star power has gone up since she made her debut as a judge on "American Idol" this past year.
And Nischelle, it almost seems to me that getting her career back may have given her the power to walk away from something that obviously wasn`t working.
TURNER: Yes, I think it definitely does give her a little empowerment. And AJ, this is actually really paying off because now there are reports that J.Lo is going to do another season of "American Idol."
HAMMER: Right.
TURNER: And she`s going to get a big -- I mean huge pay raise. $20 million. She was making 12 apparently last year. Which leads to our SHOWBIZ "Flashpoint," is J.Lo worth it?
Michael, what do you think?
BILLY: Now she is. Now that she`s left Marc, she`s single, she`s sexy. She was great on "American Idol." $20 million. She said that this -- leaving Marc was the hardest decision for her. Going to see "Gigli" was the hardest one for me but now she`s -- I`m a big fan. I`m a big fan of the J.Lo.
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TURNER: Jill, what about you? Tell me what you think?
DOBSON: Well, no one has what she has, which is a combination of three different things. She`s sold more than 55 million album, so she`s popular. She`s got that chemistry with the other judges and with the contestants and she is gorgeous.
I defy you to take your eyes off J.Lo when she`s on camera. You can`t turn away from her, you can`t change the channel, and the "American Idol" producers know that.
TURNER: Yes, I have to say she looks better than ever, AJ. I mean 42 and just banging.
HAMMER: Yes. And let me be clear, I think Steven Tyler, he was certainly a good addition. Our big Steven Tyler fan Jay in the studio here would be very upset if I didn`t say that. But I think the smartest thing "American Idol" could have done because, let`s face it, their audience was eroding. It wasn`t the strong show it once was.
TURNER: Yes.
HAMMER: Which is natural after so many years on the air. The smartest they have done perhaps since the show launched was bring on Jennifer Lopez.
TURNER: Absolutely.
HAMMER: What a great choice. And also great for the fans because we really -- as she is always saying, we really got to know J.Lo.
TURNER: Yes.
HAMMER: For who J.Lo is.
TURNER: Yes. And we saw the nurturing side of her and the side that loves music. All of the above. Very smart.
Michael Billy, Jill Dobson, thank you very, very much. We appreciate it.
Now we want to hear from you. This is our SHOWBIZ TONIGHT "Exclusive Poll." Jennifer Lopez`s first post-split tell-all. Who should she date next? George Clooney, Sean Diddy Combs or Bradley Cooper?
Vote at CNN.com/showbiztonight. You can always e-mail to our address, showbiztonight@CNN.com.
HAMMER: All right. I hope you`re ready for it because SHOWBIZ TONIGHT is about to break news about a new Kardashian sex tape. We dare to ask Kim`s mom to set the record straight. Did she really make a sex tape?
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WYNTER: We can`t let you go without talking about that sex tape, guys.
K. JENNER: Oh, my gosh. I didn`t think anybody would catch that.
WYNTER: We`ve all been talking about it.
K. JENNER: Well, you know, we were just kidding. Right, honey?
(END OF VIDEO CLIP)
HAMMER: Mama Kris in a sex tape with hubby Bruce Jenner. TMI to the nth power.
TURNER: That`s a good one.
SHOWBIZ trending tonight, the Pippa Middleton butt lift. Women out there are getting plastic surgery to get a butt like Duchess Catherine`s sister.
HAMMER: And SHOWBIZ breaks news with the divorce confessions of the "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills."
This is SHOWBIZ TONIGHT on HLN, news and views.
And now the SHOWBIZ news ticker, more stories from SHOWBIZ TONIGHT newsroom making news tonight.
GRAPHICS: Charlie Sheen drops lawsuit against porn star Capri Anderson for NYC hotel incident.
GRAPHICS: Jessica Alba tells us about having baby number two.
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JESSICA ALBA, ACTRESS: This is my -- you know, my first one I was so eager for her to reach every milestone and now I know it`s going to happen so I think I`m just going to enjoy the baby as the baby for as long as possible.
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CHARLIE SHEEN, ACTOR: I`ll miss the women, the drinking. You guys look at me and you think it`s easy. But what you don`t see is all the years of hard work and dedication it took to me the happy-go-lucky, drunken as wrangler I am today.
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HAMMER: Revealed tonight how Charlie Sheen will be written off "Two and a Half Men." Now according to deadline.com, it looks like the (INAUDIBLE) Sheen`s character, Charlie Harper, the word is the September 19th premier is actually going to open with a memorial service for Charlie and that his beachfront house is going up for sale. Sheen`s replacement, Ashton Kutcher, takes a look at this house but it`s not exactly clear how he plays in to all this.
Welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. I`m AJ Hammer in New York.
TURNER: And I`m Nischelle Turner.
Tonight SHOWBIZ breaks news about the divorce drama surrounding the "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills." The stars are getting ready to kick off the second season of their very popular Bravo show and there will be plenty fireworks this season as two of the show`s stars, Camille Grammer and Taylor Armstrong, deal with their messy divorces right on camera.
SHOWBIZ TONIGHT`s Kareen Wynter caught up with the "Housewives" stars Lisa Vanderpump and her castmates and asked what kind of fireworks can we expect this season. Check this out.
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LISA VANDERPUMP, "THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS": Are things more intense this season?
WYNTER: Now you`re going to be stirring the pot a little bit more than we`re used to.
VANDERPUMP: Well, I don`t know about that. You`ll have to wait. You`ll have to wait.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Lisa stirs the pot. That`s the problem.
VANDERPUMP: He`s my friend. Maybe nobody is.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You know what I`ve giving Lisa for her birthday this year?
WYNTER: What are you giving her?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Two big spoons and a pot.
(LAUGHTER)
(CROSSTALK)
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The drama right now, OK? It`s already started.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It`s already started.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I had said that, you know, with us there`s no burying the hatchet. We don`t know what that means.
(LAUGHTER)
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We can never move on.
WYNTER: And what about you and Camille?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We`re actually better. We`re in a good place now. Yes.
(CROSSTALK)
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You`re not going to see us fighting this year. It`s a whole different --
(CROSSTALK)
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: That`s not cool.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Know each other better and I wasn`t aware what she was going through. I think we misunderstood each other last year.
VANDERPUMP: We`re very sympathetic to, you know, certain story lines that were going down. It was very hard to watch. A lot of it was very sad.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I feel like I`m breaking.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You are.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You`re having a nervous breakdown.
WYNTER: How are things going with you now and the divorce? I know it`s still fresh, but are you hanging in there?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I am. Thank you so much. I`m just really focused on Kennedy right now and making sure that she`s happy and her life stays very consistent with the big changes that are going on in all of our lives.
WYNTER: I have to say a lot of viewers are so concerned about you especially fans of the show because you`re such a big advocate of vocal person really when it comes -- you`re so vocal when it comes to speaking out about domestic violence, and, you know, with the allegation. Is that going to be addressed on the show?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You have to tune in and see. Btu a lot of the issues in my marriage are definitely addressed this year. And thankfully I have five strong women that are standing next to me now and they`ve got my back.
WYNTER: Are you getting any advice at all from Camille?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.
WYNTER: What is she telling you?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: To take care of your kids and focus on that, and you take it one day at a time, and not think about the big picture. It`s just too overwhelming right now.
WYNTER: Camille, what about you? How are things going with you and Kelsey? I know you`ve always tried to really keep that united front even in difficult times.
CAMILLE GRAMMER, "REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS": You know, it is what it is. And I`m just making sure that my kids know that their mom loves them and they have --
VANDERPUMP: He hasn`t handled it best, though. As a friend watching it go down, Camille`s done her utmost to keep it civil and to be a good mother, and supportive and he hasn`t reciprocated, I can say that.
GRAMMER: Thank you.
WYNTER: Are you hopeful, though, that things will get better as this transpires?
VANDERPUMP: Cautiously optimistic and hopeful.
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TURNER: With us now is SHOWBIZ TONIGHT`S Kareen Wynter in Hollywood.
Kareen, OK, I hear there are some huge battles this season between almost all of the ladies and the newest cast member, Eddie Cibrian`s ex, Brandi Glanville. What did you find out about that?
WYNTER: Nischelle, you got to love these ladies. You know, at times this season, sure, the ladies, they`re fighting like cats and dogs there and yes, there is a whole lot of drama that centers around Brandi. But Camille Grammer, she actually told me she`s friends with Brandi but the other cast members, especially Kim, not so enthusiastic about her. But should be a great season. Can`t wait.
TURNER: Drama with a capital D. Kareen Wynter, thank you very much.
HAMMER: Moving on tonight, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT breaks big Kardashian sex tape news. Now we dared to ask Kim`s mom to set the record straight. Did she really make a sex tape just like Kim? Also coming up tonight big Kardashian wedding secrets revealed. Will Kris wear Vera Wang just like Kim?
TURNER: And SHOWBIZ trending tonight, 66-year-old Helen Mirren has a hotter bod than Jennifer Lopez and Pippa Middleton? Oh, yes. You have got to see this.
This is SHOWBIZ TONIGHT on HLN, news and views.
HAMMER: Here comes the SHOWBIZ news ticker, more stories from the SHOWBIZ TONIGHT newsroom making news tonight.
GRAPHICS: Redmond O`Neal arrested on drug charges.
GRAPHICS: Kelsey Grammer says he may run for mayor of NYC when he`s done with acting.
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ASHLEY HEBERT, "THE BACHELORETTE": Today is the reason why I went through all the good times and the bad times. I`ve been wanting to tell you how much I loved you for so long now. You mean the world to me and I do not want to be with anyone else but you forever.
JP ROSENBAUM, "THE BACHELORETTE": Ashley, will you marry me?
HEBERT: Yes.
(END OF VIDEO CLIP)
HAMMER: Romantic. The bachelorette makes her pick and it`s JP. Ashley Hebert gives JP Rosenbaum her final rose. He accepts and proposes. Tonight the big debate, did she pick the right guy?
Nischelle, there`s been a lot of controversy over this finale.
TURNER: Yes.
HAMMER: Ashley chose 34-year-old construction manager JP. What do you think? Did she make the right choice?
TURNER: I would say she did, even though her own sister Christy made it very clear that she didn`t think he was the right choice. She wanted her little sister to pick Ben, the 28-year-old winery owner. Watch.
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CHRISTY, ASHLEY`S SISTER: I don`t think he`s right.
HEBERT: Why?
CHRISTY: I don`t think so.
HEBERT: Why?
CHRISTY: I think he`s a great guy but like -- and I feel like you`re a bit too much for him.
Why are you crying?
HEBERT: I didn`t think you wouldn`t like him.
(END OF VIDEO CLIP)
TURNER: Christy, you`re not the bachelorette so at the end of the day your opinion is kind of just that, an opinion.
OK, so Ashley and JP were on "GMA" this morning and they looked really happy together. They even hinted at a wedding date, fall of 2012. But here`s the thing, and yes, it`s tough to go there, only two of these bachelor-bachelorette couples have gotten married, Trystan and Ryan and Jason and Molly. And that was only after Jason changed his mind and dumped his first choice.
So AJ, I`ve got to ask you. Can Ashley and JP make it? What do you think?
HAMMER: I have no idea.
(LAUGHTER)
HAMMER: Look, I think the truth is, we all know this is just all great entertainment. It`s great fun, we enjoy watching the show, fine, whatever, however. We need to know that if we`re thinking that marriage is going to come from it we need to be more realistic about it.
TURNER: Well, call me Pollyanna then. OK?
HAMMER: I`m not a romantic, too, but we actually just got the ratings for this finale tonight. The "Hollywood Reporter" is saying that it`s the lowest ever for a "Bachelorette" finale here.
TURNER: Wow.
HAMMER: And I`m thinking maybe have -- people have had enough of the "Bachelor" and "Bachelorette" for now. I guess we`ll have to wait until next season.
TURNER: We definitely will have to do that.
OK, now the SHOWBIZ lineup. Here is what`s coming up at the bottom of the hour on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. We are breaking big Kardashian sex tape news. We dare to ask Kim`s mom to set the record straight. Did she really make a sex tape just like Kim?
And we`re also revealing big Kim Kardashian wedding secrets. Will Kim`s mom wear Vera Wang just like Kim?
This is SHOWBIZ TONIGHT on HLN, news and views.
HAMMER: And this is the SHOWBIZ news ticker, more stories from the SHOWBIZ TONIGHT newsroom making news tonight.
GRAPHICS: "Friday Night Lights" creator says he`s working on a movie version of the show.
GRAPHICS: Sharon Osbourne says daughter Kelly is devastated by Amy Winehouse`s death.
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SHARON OSBOURNE, TV HOST: She`s taking it really, really hard and I think it`s because of her age. She`s never lost a friend before. So it`s her first friend to actually lose and it`s her age, you know. She`s taking it very badly.
(END OF VIDEO CLIP)
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HAMMER: Big news breaking tonight on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. SHOWBIZ breaks Kardashian sex tape news. Did Kim Kardashian`s mom really make a show-all sex tape of her own?
UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: We can`t let you go without talking about that sex tape, guys.
K. JENNER: Oh, my gosh. I didn`t think anybody would catch that.
UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Oh, we`ve all been talking about it.
K. JENNER: Well, you know, we were just kidding. Right, honey?
HAMMER: Kris Jenner tells us the real tale of the tape.
SHOWBIZ trending tonight. Outrage over the brand new ad that turned "Mad Men`s: Christina Hendrix`s famous curves into straight lines. Why is a super-skinny model replacing the busty babe of "Mad Men."
Also SHOWBIZ trending, the hot new surgery craze, the Pippa butt lift. Why are women around the world going under the knife to get a butt like Duchess Catherine`s sister? Is this just nuts?
ANNOUNCER: TV`s most provocative entertainment news show continues right now.
HAMMER: Welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. It is 30 minutes past the hour. I`m AJ Hammer in New York.
TURNER: And I`m Nischelle Turner with big news breaking today.
Kardashian confession. Tonight SHOWBIZ breaks news with two of the stars of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians." And at the center of the storm, their startling new sex tape revelations.
HAMMER: Yes, Nischelle, the head of the Kardashian-Jenner clan, Kris and Bruce Jenner just revealed on the reality show that in the early days of their marriage, yes, they made a sex tape.
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K. JENNER: Do you remember when we were living on Abington?
BRUCE JENNER, "KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS": Yes.
K. JENNER: And we made that little tape because we`ve decided it was a good idea?
KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN, "KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS": No more beer for you.
KHLOE KARDASHIAN, "KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS": Yes.
(CROSSTALK)
K. JENNER: (INAUDIBLE) Sex tape. Nobody else knows.
B. JENNER: It was the `90s, it was cool. It was immediately destroyed.
(END OF VIDEO CLIP)
HAMMER: All right, so this story tumbled out after a few too many beers. But tonight Kris and Bruce are telling SHOWBIZ TONIGHT`s Kareen Wynter even more intimate details and whether or not the tape might ever see the light of day. Watch this.
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WYNTER: We can`t let you go without talking about that sex tape, guys.
K. JENNER: Oh, my gosh. I didn`t think anybody would catch that.
WYNTER: Oh, we`ve all been talking about it.
(LAUGHTER)
K. JENNER: Well, you know, we were just kidding, right, honey?
B. JENNER: Of course we were kidding. Yes.
WYNTER: Are we going to see a little bit of it?
K. JENNER: No, no. Destroyed. Destroyed. Over and out.
WYNTER: Why are you shocked that people are talking about the sex tape?
(LAUGHTER)
K. JENNER: I don`t know.
B. JENNER: That`s what I told her. You know when we`re retiring --
K. JENNER: Yes. When we`re 95 it will come out.
WYNTER: So Kim wasn`t the first. Her parents actually beat her at it?
K. JENNER: Her parents are crazy. Yes.
(END OF VIDEO CLIP)
HAMMER: Yes. Crazy is not exactly the word that comes to my mind when I think about a Kardashian sex tape. But I want to go to reality star Jill Zarin. We all know Jill from the "Real Housewives of New York."
Jill, can you even believe that Kim Kardashian`s mom and stepdad are goofing around about the sex tape considering Kim`s headline making sex tape scandal?
JILL ZARIN, CO-STAR, "REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK": Well, that is true. I don`t think they thought about it when they said that. But I can see how they would have made a tape. I think a lot of married couples make tapes. But --
HAMMER: Do you have any personal experience there that you`d like to reveal right here on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT? OK, back to the Kardashians.
ZARIN: Maybe -- let`s talk about the Kardashians. But I`m not so sure that it`s been destroyed. Because she contracted herself. She said it was destroyed, and then she said, well, maybe we`ll look at it when we`re 90.
But you know what? Because she`s famous, it`s actually better to destroy it. Otherwise I would have said just keep it in the vault. You know what you always worry about, though, is that if something happens to you and you`re gone and your heirs go through your things and they --
HAMMER: Who`s getting into the vault, right?
ZARIN: Who`s getting the tape? That`s what I would be worried about.
TURNER: But you know, the crazy thing is, I mean, Kris Jenner has always been accused of damn near selling her kids` souls for, you know, the fame and the limelight to become the most famous people on the planet.
ZARIN: They are.
TURNER: You know, let`s go to Michael Billy, radio host Michael Billy.
Michael, do you think that there is any chance, whatsoever, that Kris Jenner did not realize that her new sex tape revelation would get this attention?
BILLY: Oh, come on. Now if we know anything about the Kardashian is that they`re genius when it comes to PR. There`s nothing that sees the light of day that they don`t know about that they`re not behind.
The problem here is, in my family we pass down meatball recipes, not how to make a porno.
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HAMMER: You know, there are some lessons to be learned in different types of family that can eventually help the kids out. In this case, maybe it was helpful. Look at Kim now.
The Kardashians and the Jenners are also preparing for, of course, what is now being dubbed the royal wedding 2.0. We`re talking of course about Kim`s upcoming wedding to NBA star Kris Humphries.
Now SHOWBIZ TONIGHT`s Kareen Wynter got Mama Kris to reveal some of Kim`s wedding secrets and oh yes, Kris` pre-wedding facelift.
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WYNTER: You have to be a proud mama with Kim`s big wedding coming up. What`s it`s like? What`s going on behind the scenes?
K. JENNER: If I told that you, I`d have to kill you.
WYNTER: OK. How are your nerves, though? You must be just --
K. JENNER: You know, my nerves are good. I mean the last time I did this I did it in nine days. And so now I`ve got a long time to be able to plan for something. But I think I like it the nine-day way.
WYNTER: Yes.
B. JENNER: Yes.
K. JENNER: You know, this is just way too much time.
B. JENNER: I`m for the nine days. I told that to Gloria (ph) today. She was a genius to do it in nine days. Yes. Now we`re dragging it out over months.
K. JENNER: I know. I know.
B. JENNER: Everybody changing plans. (INAUDIBLE).
K. JENNER: Yes.
WYNTER: At least we know the designer, Vera Wang.
K. JENNER: Oh my gosh, I know, and I think we`ve talked Vera into doing a dress for me, too. That was my goal today. So I`m excited.
WYNTER: Is there anything that`s off limits when it comes to the Kardashians?
K. JENNER: I don`t know.
B. JENNER: Not when it comes to fashion and the Kardashians.
K. JENNER: I know. I know. We`re having a good time.
WYNTER: And Kris, we love you because you`re always so candid from -- you know, on the show, we see everything from bladder issues to face lift. You look beautiful by the way. How was that procedure?
K. JENNER: Thank you. You know it was very -- in hindsight a very brave thing for someone to do. Like when I think about that I actually did that. It was scary and -- you know I don`t like the thought of, like, being put to sleep. So that made me really nervous.
WYNTER: Are you happy with it now?
K. JENNER: So happy.
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HAMMER: Yes, and she`s all set for the wedding now. So you have Kris trying to keep Kim`s wedding secrets a secret still but she`s quite candid and has no problem talking about the face lift. Do you think that perhaps she`s trying to steal a little bit of her daughter`s thunder here?
TURNER: You know, no one has ever said that Kris Jenner is shy or reserved or anything.
Here`s what I will say. If she shows up to that wedding in cream, buff, champagne, anything close to white, she will be --
HAMMER: Understood, yes.
TURNER: -- trying to steal some of her daughter`s thunder.
Now as we just heard, Kris Jenner confirmed to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT that Kim Kardashian will walk down the aisle wearing Vera Wang. Is there any chance that Kim`s dress could possibly be more iconic than Kate Middleton`s?
Jill Zarin, what say you?
ZARIN: Well, I`m not sure who`s getting married. I feel like -- I feel like Kris is getting married. She`s planning the wedding. She wants to wear the Vera Wang dress. I kind of think, you know, Kris has to let her daughter do a little bit of the planning, a little bit of the choosing, and maybe she ought to think about a different designer and let her daughter really have the day with the Vera Wang, and rather than the press is going to compare which Vera Wang dress was better and more special.
TURNER: That`s a good point.
HAMMER: Do you anticipate there`s going to be big drama, like big throw down reality showdown type drama at this wedding? Not because it`s the Kardashians but because it`s being filmed?
ZARIN: I hope not. I really hope they don`t ruin her wedding.
HAMMER: Because you know from firsthand experience.
ZARIN: I do.
HAMMER: The drama is --
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ZARIN: Well, I also saw in "New Jersey Housewives" and what happens at the christening of the baby and how they had this huge physical brawl. I certainly hope to get ratings or whatever it was.
HAMMER: Yes.
ZARIN: I just hope they don`t go that far.
HAMMER: You know, it`s so cheeseable and it would get people to tune in. But let`s --
ZARIN: It would. But I hope not.
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ZARIN: Can I give you a little side story that happened to me -- I met -- I went to the Hamptons this weekend, I was at polo, I met Kris Humphries, I`ve never met him before.
TURNER: You met the hubby-to-be.
ZARIN: I met the hubby-to-be. First of all, he`s so much better looking in person than on television or in magazines. He was such a gentleman. But I was -- someone in the press wanted to take a picture of me with him. And he asked a mutual friend to stand between us because he was very smart.
And he said you know what? I`m not going to put a picture out there with - - even though I`m a happily married, you know, Jill Zarin is not interested in him or vice versa, but he`s very smart and he`s very much in love with her. And he kept to himself and made sure none of the female guests --
HAMMER: Yes.
ZARIN: -- got any energy that he was on the market. More power to Kris.
HAMMER: The headlines is going to be -- and he`s been through it before. So the headlines could have been out there that maybe he was playing around.
ZARIN: He was not playing. He`s loyal.
HAMMER: All right.
ZARIN: He`s not like that.
HAMMER: Well, right now I do want to move on to Kim`s clone. You remember her? The young woman from the Old Navy commercial that looks so much like the reality star, Kim is actually suing over this thing? Well, it seems that Melissa Molinaro, that`s her name, she may be cashing in more than ever.
Take a look at this. It`s Melissa performing in Las Vegas this past weekend. The resemblance to me is really incredible.
Michael Billy, I mean look at that. I don`t really think there`s anything wrong with her trying to cash in on this. It`s what people do.
BILLY: Nothing at all. And if you look closer, down there, is that a Paris Hilton look alike as well? Because it seems like it could be. I don`t know. All I`m saying is Melissa Molinaro, she has the right to live, she has the right to be herself, she has the right to have fun and make the most out of her 15 minutes of fame. Not her fault that she looks so much like one of the Kardashians.
HAMMER: Yes. And I was doing a little digging around today. And she`s been working. She`s been on a couple of reality shows, she`s even been in a movie.
What do you think, Jill? Is Melissa really trying to cash in in your mind? Or, hey, is it just a young woman working in Hollywood who happens to look a heck of a lot like Kim Kardashian?
ZARIN: So what? Exactly. So what? And Michael Jackson look-alikes and all the other celebrity look-alikes. I think Kim should enjoy her fame and her success and if this girl is trying to cash in a little because she got gifted with looking like her, then God bless America.
HAMMER: Jill Zarin, it is always so good to you have here and get your take. I appreciate it.
Michael Bill, thank you as well so much.
TURNER: Tonight, is it really possible? Sixty-six possible Helen Mirren has a hotter body than J.Lo? Wait until you hear how Helen just beat out J.Lo and Pippa Middleton for body of the year.
HAMMER: And speaking of Pippa, SHOWBIZ trending tonight is the Pippa butt lift. Why Duchess Catherine`s sister has actually sparked a worldwide plastic surgery craze.
TURNER: "Mad Med" outrage. The brand new fury over brand new ad that turned the curvy women of "Mad Men" into super skinny models.
This is SHOWBIZ TONIGHT on HLN news and views.
HAMMER: Now it`s time for the SHOWBIZ news ticker. These are more stories from the SHOWBIZ TONIGHT newsroom making news tonight.
GRAPHICS: Keith Urban accused of attacking paparazzo`s car, after he took pics of Urban and wife.
GRAPHICS: Kendra Wilkinson says she`s happy her ex-Hugh Hefner didn`t marry Crystal Harris.
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KENDRA WILKINSON, REALITY TV STAR: I`m happy they didn`t get married. I hear she`s talking all the smack about him. I mean that`s just -- I mean she needs to just be quiet. She could have -- she could have walked away a good person. I`m not liking it. And you know I`m very protected of Hef. So.
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HAMMER: You`ve got to look at this. Never-before-seen photos from "Architectural Digest" take us inside Will and Jada Pinkett-Smith`s amazing Los Angeles home. Get this. Every inch worth of detail in this 25,000 square feet mansion is handcrafted. Yes, I said 25,000 square feet.
Seven years is what it took to build this blowout Smith family retreat. And of course, it`s got all the usual perks. A recording studio, nine bedrooms, incredible mountain views and tennis and basketball courts.
Welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. I`m AJ Hammer in New York.
TURNER: And I`m Nischelle Turner.
And tonight SHOWBIZ trending "Mad Med" gone bananas, AJ. OK. SHOWBIZ TONIGHT`s line producer Jean Girardeau came into our morning editorial meeting with smoke coming out of her ears.
HAMMER: Yes, she did.
TURNER: She was furious. And here is why. Jean just got ahold of the new Banana Republic catalogue and saw a collection based on the TV show "Mad Men." Take a look at this. A clothing line based on the famously voluptuous character Joan played by Christina Hendrix is depicted now by a svelte, extremely petite model who looks like she could use a hamburger actually.
Hello? Christina Hendrix is reportedly a size 14. The model maybe a size two. So what`s going on here?
Let me bring in entertainment journalist Jill Dobson.
Jill, is this just outrageous?
DOBSON: This is outrageous. Obviously shoppers are inspired by "Mad Men." They`ve been asking how they can get these clothes for years. Now they`ve teamed up with Banana Republic, designed a line specifically to appeal to those shoppers, but they`re modeled by people who are a size zero and it doesn`t quite have the same look when it`s not on curvy Joan.
TURNER: You know we should say, first of all, Banana Republic is owned by GAP Incorporated. And SHOWBIZ TONIGHT reached out to them today. They said no comment.
We also reached out to Christina Hendrix and AMC which carries "Mad Men" and they didn`t get back to us by Showtime.
But I want to bring in now comedian and editor of Popgoestheweek.com, Brian Balthazar.
Brian, so the costume designer for "Mad Men" actually helped design the "Mad Men" collection for Banana Republic. Does someone need to apologize here?
BRIAN BALTHAZAR, EDITOR, POPGOESTHEWEEK.COM: Well, I think they at least need to acknowledge it because that model is so thin we could floss with her. And this show became famous because the women were curvy.
Christina Hendrix is in part famous because she hasn`t fallen into these stereotype or these norms that you have to get thinner and thinner. And I`d also just like to know, you know, if you`re wearing these clothes at work, does that mean that, you know, you can now drink at work? Because right now this is iced tea but you know I`m ready whenever you say the word. You know? No?
TURNER: You`re ready for a drink.
BALTHAZAR: I`m not on camera but here you go, I got a drink.
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BALTHAZAR: I think it`s absurd that these people are this skinny.
TURNER: Yes, you know, I mean, hey, to each his own but to depict a woman who is a size 14 with a size two model?
HAMMER: It`s so different than what we`re used to seeing on that show.
TURNER: It actually is. OK. So there`s also more SHOWBIZ trending news- breaking today, AJ.
What is the deal with Helen Mirren`s body?
HAMMER: I love this poll.
TURNER: Yes.
HAMMER: Brand new poll, I got it for you right here. It was a gym chain that put this thing together. And it named 66-year-old Helen Mirren`s body as the hottest body. Look who she led. She was followed by 48-year-old super model Elle McPherson, 31-year-old English model Kelly Brooke in third, 42-year-old J.Lo, Jennifer Lopez, at number four, all the way down at number eight, Princess Kate`s sister, that of course if Duchess Kate`s sister, 27-year-old Pippa Middleton made the cut.
Jill, what do you think? Does Helen have a hotter bod than J.Lo and Pippa?
DOBSON: Helen looks fantastic. And more power to her. I`m so happy to see the results of this poll. Also none of these people, with the possible exception of Pippa, are a size zero like these models we`ve been talking about in the previous story.
I think people want to see a real person, whether she`s in her 60s looking fantastic or, you know, whether she`s a little curvier, and looking as fantastic as she can for her size. People like that.
HAMMER: Well, that`s -- yes, that`s exactly the deal, too, with Helen Mirren because she is that way naturally. You know she has taken good care of herself. And I get the poll but, Nischelle, what do you think? Can you look at her and say she has a hotter body than perhaps J.Lo?
TURNER: I will just say this. I`m not slighting J.Lo because for me she is whew.
HAMMER: Yes.
TURNER: But every year awards time, we`re watching video of that right now, Helen Mirren is on everyone`s best dressed list, she looks fantastic, she knows how to dress for her 66-year-old body.
HAMMER: Good for her.
TURNER: She`s great. Yes.
HAMMER: Good for her.
TURNER: Yes.
All right, AJ, so Pippa may not have Helen Mirren`s bikini body but some people think she has definitely got a terrific tush. She turned heads at the royal wedding with her charm, her beauty and her booty. And we learned today that it has actually sparked a plastic surgery trend. People are now asking for the Pippa butt lift. I`m not kidding.
Brian, is this just too much tush to take?
BALTHAZAR: Has the world gone mad first of all? Do people really go into an office and say I want that butt? Mind you I`m having mine put on tomorrow. But I can`t believe that we saw a royal wedding and what people walked away from this was her butt.
We need a reality check in America. But you know, granted, it`s beautiful, she runs marathons. And I think even she is probably surprised that she`s gained this level of notoriety for her back side, for royal back side.
TURNER: Jill, they like her butt and they cannot lie.
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DOBSON: Yes, thank you for Sir Mix-A-Lot reference. Also I have to say this is a huge failure. Every time I hear about Pippa`s butt, on behalf of the Alexander McQueen designer who designed Kate`s wedding dress and Pippa`s maid-of-honor dress, because all eyes were on Pippa.
So I just think big mistake. You made the maid-of-honor look better than the bride and that is a major faux pas.
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TURNER: Brian Balthazar, Jim Dobson, we got to go. Thank you, guys.
HAMMER: So Leonardo DiCaprio is the kind go the world. Or at least Hollywood. The brand new Leo DiCaprio-Johnny Depp smackdown over who`s raking in the most mullah. You won`t believe how much Leo makes.
Time now for the SHOWBIZ news ticker, more stories from the SHOWBIZ TONIGHT newsroom making news tonight.
GRAPHICS: Suspect in Alex Trebek burglary pleads not guilty to all charges.
GRAPHICS: Matchmaker Patti Stanger hopes Jen Aniston`s new relationship goes the distance.
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PATTI STANGER, "THE MILLIONAIRE MATCHMAKER": I think she`s going to rope this one and get the ring. I`m not -- I don`t recommend living together. They moved in together but you know, she broke my rule on that. But hopefully she -- you know, she looks like she`s growing. She could be pregnant for all I know.
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TURNER: Now to SHOWBIZ buzz list. These are the things we can`t stop buzzing about this week. You`re going to want to grab hold of "Love Handles" on Lifetime. We`re buzzing about CNN`s iReport. I cannot believe this is turning five today.
Some of our SHOWBIZ staffers are going crazy for these brand new Japanese Momiji dolls. Each one comes with a message inside.
And the NFL lockout is over. We`re all seriously ready for the start of the new football season.
And we cannot wait to see "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" opening Friday.
This is SHOWBIZ TONIGHT on HLN, news and views.
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HAMMER: Right now he`s the king of Hollywood. You are not going to believe how much money Leonardo DiCaprio makes and Halle Berry is breathing a big sigh of relief. Why her stalker won`t be bothering her anymore. Plus Lindsay Lohan`s ex is in big trouble.
All that in the buzz today.
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HAMMER (voice-over): Leo`s titanic payday. SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can tell you Leonardo DiCaprio has just been named Hollywood`s highest earning Hollywood actor on Forbes.com`s annual list. Leo jumped from number five to number one on the list by earning $77 million last year knocking Johnny Depp out of first place. Johnny only earned $50 million over the past year. Also on the list, Adam Sandler, Will Smith and Tom Hanks.
Halle`s stalker fan. Halle Berry can breathe a big sigh of relief. The Oscar winner has just been granted a restraining order against the man accused of stalker her. E! Online reports Halle was granted the order against Richard A. Franco for the next three years. Franco has to stay at least 100 yards away from Halle and her 3-year-old daughter Mala.
Lindsay`s ex busted. Lindsay Lohan`s ex-girlfriend Samantha Ronson was just arrested in Baker, California for DUI. TMZ says 33-year-old Ronson, a renowned DJ, was popped by the cops at 10:30 in the morning for speeding. Ronson reportedly didn`t perform well on a field sobriety test and refused to take a breathalyzer test.
TURNER: So Monday we asked you to vote in our SHOWBIZ TONIGHT exclusive poll. And just moments ago we got the final results.
Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton spotted partying together again. What do you think? It`s no big deal or what the heck is Lindsay thinking?
Well, 67 percent of you say what the heck is Lindsay thinking? Thirty- three percent of you say it`s no big deal.
Now over to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT`s Facebook wall. Hanna W. writes, "Lindsay hasn`t learned a thing. Maybe her probation should be revoked and she should be forced into long-term live-in rehab."
HAMMER: As we move on tonight, Oprah sued? Will Oprah have to fork over lots of cash over some of her inspirational words? Well, we have got the shocking details on that big Oprah news coming up next.
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TURNER: Tonight, is Oprah being sued over some of her inspirational words?
Well, Oprah`s production company Harpo is claiming it just ain`t so. "Entertainment Weekly" reports it has seen the (INAUDIBLE) firsthand. "EW" reports the massive suit is over trademark infringement. So what exactly is this alleged smackdown all about?
Would you believe the motto "Own Your Own Power" which Oprah uses on her network OWN? A business woman in New Jersey is insisting that she came up with the phrase. So this is a potential lawsuit over self-empowerment? Are you kidding me?
HAMMER: Well, that is it for SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. Thank you for watching. I`m AJ Hammer.
TURNER: And I`m Nischelle Turner. Remember, you can catch SHOWBIZ TONIGHT exclusively Monday through Friday at 11 p.m. Eastern and Pacific right here on HLN.
Coming up next, Dr. Drew goes inside the compound of the polygamist leader Warren Jeffs who`s on trial for sex assault. Drew revealing them mountains of disgusting evidence. "DR. DREW" on HLN starts right now.
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